Bans-cutter and feeder



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BANDGUTTER AND FEEDER. No. 289,030. Patented Nov. 27, 1888.

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' BAND CUTTER AND'FEEDER. No. 289.030.

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CASS $.CHERER, OF CICERO, INDIANA.

BANE-CUTTER AND FEEDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 289,030, dated November27, 1883.

Application filed June 22, 1883.

ing is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same, reference being had to the ac- GOmpanying drawings, which forma part of this specification, and in which I Figure l is aside View ofmyimproved handcntt-ing and feeding attachment for thrashingmachines.Fig. 2 is a top View of the same, with the doors in the top of the frameshown open. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal vertical sectional view on linez c,Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a cross-sectional view on line as .r, Fig. 2, and Fig.5 is a similar view on line 1 g Fig. 2, seen from the direction oppositethat of Fig. 4.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures.

My invention has relation to handcutting and feeding attachments forthrashing-inachiues, and has for its object, in common with others,first, to effect the severing of the band, cord, or other materialaround the sheaf when thrown into the hopper, and, second, to facilitatethe feeding of the wheat or other grain to the thrasher; and it consistsin the improved construction and combination of parts of the same, aswill be hereinafter more fully de scribed and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, A repre sents the frame or casing whichsupports the several parts of my improved band-cutting and feedingattachment for thrashing-machines, which is so constructed that it maybe readily attached to any thrashing-machine of ordinary construction.

B indicates the main drive-shaft, which receives its motion through abelt, preferably from the thrasher, which passes around a cone or speedpulley, G, on one end of the shaft B. To the same end of the drive-shaftis also at fixed a pulley, l), and a pinion, E, while to the oppositeend of the drive-shaft is affixed a pulley, F, as shown in't-hedrawings. The teeth of the pinion E mesh with the teeth of (No model .3

apron K 011 rollers L M, the ends of the rollers fitting intojournalboxcs in the sides of the frame or casing A. One of the ends ofthe The straw-carriers J K 0011- rollers L and N extends through theside of the frame A, the roller L having fastened to its outer end apulley-wheel, P, while the roller N has two pulleys, Q Q, fastened toits outer end, as shown at Fig. 2. An endless belt, It, passes aroundthe pulley l, secured to the gear-wheel G, and the pulleys l and Q. onthe ends of the shafts or rollers L and N, the belt moving in thedirection indicated by the arrows. As the gear-wheel G is rotated by thepinion E on the driveshaft B, the belt R transmits its motion to therollers L and N, thereby causing the endless aprons J- K to traveltoward thecenter of the frame, for the purpose hereinafter specified.

\Y represents a disk or pulley wheel, which revolves upon a stud-axle orspindle, T, pro jecting from the side of a cross-beam, X, which forms apart of the frame A, and extends above the endless apron K, as shown inFig. 3 of the drawings. To the outer surface of the disk or wheel 7 isattached an adjustable knife, Y, adapted to out the hands of the sheavesor bundles which pass below it on the traveling apron K. The knife Y isfastened adj ustably upon the face of the wheel Vv' bya bolt or pivot,A, passing through its heel, while a thumbscrew, B, passes through theknife near its heel to fit into one of aseries of screw-threadedapertures in the face of the disk.' By this arrangement the cutting-edgeof the knife can be adjusted at any desired angle, whereby I am enabledto take up 'wear of the cutting edge. A similar disk or wheel, S, isaffixed upon a stud-axle projecting from a cross-beam,

U, extending above the endless apron J at the other end of the frame A,a knife, U, being adjustably fastened upon the outer face of the disk Sby means of a pivot, A, and

2 e'aaeso thumb-screw V, in the same manner as that in which the knife Yis fastened to its disk XV. The disk or pulley wheels V and S arerotated by means of endless belts O D, the belt 0 fitting around thepulley D on one end of the driveshaft B and passing over guide-pulleysE, F, and G, hung in suitable hearings on the outside of the frame A,and around the pulley WV, while the belt I) fits around the pulley F onthe other end of the drive-shaft B and passes over guide-pulleys H, 1,and J, hung in suitable bearings on the outside of the frame A, at itsother end, and passes around the pulley S.

K indicates a pulley-wheel revolving upon a stud-axle or spindle, L,projecting from the side of the casing. From the face of the disk Kprojects a wrist-pin, L, to which is attached the end of a pitman, M,the other end of which is pivoted to the end of a lever orconnecting-rod, N, which passes through a slot, 0, in the side of thecasing A, and is held in position by a bolt or pivot, Q, upon which itturns. The end of the lever N, which projects inside of the frame orcasing A, is pivoted to the middle of a shaking-bar, R, which isprovided with. upwardly-proj ectin g teeth or fingers S, the shaking-barbeing of such a length that its ends pass through the slots T in the endwalls of the lower part of the frame A. An endless belt, U, passesaround the pulley-wheel K and the pulley Q 011 the end of the roller N,so that as the roller N is revolved by the belt R, previously referredto,

the pulley Q will transmit its motion to the pulley K, to which the endof the pitman M is attached by the wrist-pin L, the pitman M and thelever N serving to rock or oscillate the shaking-bar It. A11 endlessapron, V, supported upon the central part of the driveshaft B, and aroller, W, having its ends journaled in the end walls of the lower partof the frame A, below the shaking-bar R, serves to convey the grain tothe thrashing concave and cylinder.

X X indicate the hoppers, which are attached to the top of the frame A,one above each of the traveling aprons J K.

Y Y represent hinged doors in the top of the frame A, between thehoppers X, through which access may be obtained to the inner workingparts of the attachment.

Z Z indicate slots in the top of the frame A, to permit the free passageof the revolving knives U and Y.

The operation of my improved band-cutting and feeding attachment forthrashing-machines is as follows: The sheaves are laid in the hoppers X,when they fall crosswise or at right angles upon the endless aprons Jand K, and are carried under the revolving knives U Y, which cut thebands of each sheaf as it passes beneath it. The bundles then fallcrosswise or at right angles upon the shakingbar B, which stirs up andloosens the bundles, after which they falllengthwise upon the endlesstraveling apron V, which conveys them to the thrashing concave andcylinder.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, the construction and operation of my improvedband-cutting and feeding attachment for thrashing-machines will readilybe understood without requiring further explanation.

By constructing the band-cutting portion of my attachment doublethat isto say, with two hoppers, two revolving knives, and two endless apronsfor carrying the sheaves under the said knives-I enable thethrashing-machine to be fed from two stacks at once, thereby effecting agreat saying in time.

Having thus described my invention,I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent of the United States 1.. The combination, in aband-cutting and feeding attachment for thrashing-machines, of theaprons J and K, shaking-bar R, having upwardly-projectingteeth orfingers S, adapted to loosen and separate the sheaves which fall upon itcrosswise or at right angles from the aprons J and K, lever N, pitman M,pulley K, having wrist-pin L, endless belt U, pulley Q, means ormechanism by which a retary motion may be imparted to said pulley,and'apron V, all arranged to operate substan tial] y in the manner andfor the purpose shown and set forth.

2. The combination of the frame A, driveshaft B, having a speed or conepulley, O, pulley-wheels D F, and pinion E, guide-pul leys E F G and H IJ, disks or pulleys S V, adjustable knives U Y, endless belts O D.gear-wheel G and pulley I, rollers N O and endless apron J, rollers L Mand endless apron K, pulleys P Q, endless belt R, pulley Q, pulley K,having wrist-pin L, endless belt U, pitman M, lever N, and shaking-barR, having upwardly-projecting teeth or fingers S, roller \V, and endlessapron V, adapted to travel around the-middle part of the driveshaft Band the roller WV, all constructed and arranged to operate substantiallyas and for the purpose shown and described.

' In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereuntoaffixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CASS B SCHERER.

XVitnesses GEO. LIX, M. 4A.DA1\IS.

